D) All of these are actually true. 43. Which of the following is an accurate description of the trend in U.S. adolescentsâ drug use today? A) The proportions of eighth-, tenth-, and twelfth-grade U.S. students using illicit drugs declined in the late 1990s and the first years of the twenty-first century.
Hardest Female First Ascent Ever for 15-Year Old Laura Rogora? Laura Rogora, age 15, has made the first ascent of La Gasparata, 8c+/9a (5.14c/d) at Collepardo, near Rome, after spending only four days on the route. This is one of only a couple of climbs in the running to be the hardest first ascent ever made by a female athlete, and certainly fits Rogora into an extremely elite group of young climbers.
1 Aug. 20, 1980: Reinhold Messner is the first person to reach the summit solo. 2  1996 climbing season: 16 people die while climbing on Mount Everest, the highest number of fatalities in a single year. 3  Eight climbers die on May 10 during a storm. May 16, 1975: Junko Tabei of Japan becomes the first woman to summit Everest. 2  May 3, 1980: Japanese climber Yasuo Kato is the first non-Sherpa to reach the summit a second time, following his original 1973 summit.